Pam Bondi Needs a Free Speech Tutorial  —  The Attorney General seems to think ‘hate speech’ is illegal.  Charlie Kirk knew better.  —  Is a basic understanding of the First Amendment too much to expect from the nation's Attorney General?  Progressives have spent years trying to create and define a category called “hate speech.”

Bessent, Like Fed Governor, Made Contradictory Mortgage Pledges  —  US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges that President Donald Trump …

Four arrested after photos of Trump and Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle during president's U.K. visit  —  Trump, who arrived in the U.K. for a state visit, is scheduled to spend most of Wednesday at Windsor Castle with members of the royal family.  —  Police in the U.K. arrested four people …

Senate Democrat: Patel ‘was testifying really for an audience of one: President Trump’  —  Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) rebuffed comments FBI Director Kash Patel made Tuesday during a tense oversight hearing, calling Patel's testimony “a performance.”  —  “It was a performance.

Stephen Miller's Quota Likely Drove Korean Arrests In Immigration Raid  —  When ICE agents decided to arrest over 300 Korean workers at a Georgia battery plant, a White House-imposed daily immigrant arrest quota was likely on their minds.  The Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid …

Trump officials pressuring federal prosecutors to bring criminal charges against NY AG Letitia James: Sources  —  Prosecutors have not found clear evidence James committed a crime, sources say.  —  New York State Attorney General Letitia James makes an announcement at the Office …

Foreign disinformation about Charlie Kirk's killing seeks to widen US divisions  —  Russia moved to amplify online conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk's killing just hours after it happened, seeding social media with the frightening claim that America is slipping into civil war.

Alexei Navalny's widow says he was poisoned, contradicting Kremlin  —  The widow of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died last year while imprisoned in Russia, said Wednesday that two labs independently determined he was poisoned.  —  Why it matters: Former President Biden …

Fired by Trump, a Former Labor Official Warns Against Politicizing Economic Data  —  Erika McEntarfer, in her first appearance since she was ousted from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, cautioned that “economic data must be free from partisan influence.”  —  When the federal government revealed …

Former GOP officials fear US strikes on alleged drug smugglers aren't legal … Yoo, now a professor at the University of California Berkeley, authored the Bush administration's legal justification for enhanced interrogation techniques against suspected al Qaeda terrorists in the early years of Bush's war on terror.

Ronny Jackson to Newsmax: Trans People Need Treatment  —  Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, a physician and former White House doctor, told Newsmax on Tuesday that he believes inpatient mental health facilities should play a role in treating transgender people, whom he said have underlying psychiatric issues.

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause  —  By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.  —  Before he was killed last week, Charlie Kirk left a helpful compendium of words …

Business Insider and the Bots … On Thursday afternoon, Business Insider staffers received a long-awaited memo from editor in chief Jamie Heller, outlining the Axel Springer-owned outlet's rules for using artificial intelligence.  The guidelines had been eagerly anticipated since earlier this summer …

Republican Brad Raffensperger to run for Georgia governor after defying Trump over 2020 election  —  Georgia's Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state who rejected Donald Trump's call to help overturn the state's 2020 election results, said Wednesday that he's running for governor in 2026.

Democrat wins Minnesota special election to replace slain lawmaker  —  Democratic candidate Xp Lee is projected to win the special election to replace slain former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman (DFL), who was assassinated during a shooting in June that also killed her husband, according to Decision Desk HQ.

Barnard President: Now Is the Time for Colleges to Host Difficult Speakers  —  Charlie Kirk was assassinated while speaking on a college campus.  This is a grim moment for higher education, for our country and for freedom of speech.  Violence is never a legitimate means of disagreeing with a speaker on a college campus.

RFK Jr.'s Crusade Against Vaccines Hits Its Action Phase  —  His anti-vax-stacked advisory committee is expected to revise rules for life-saving hepatitis B vax.  —  ∙ Paid  —  HEPATITIS B IS A HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE, blood-borne disease that's been called a “silent killer” …

Trump's Economic Magic Trick Is Coming Undone  —  The essence of President Trump's pitch to the American people last year was simple: They could have it both ways.  —  They could have a powerful, revitalized economy and “mass deportations now.”  They could build new factories …

Exclusive |  Trump's China trip may hinge on Boeing and soybean deals, sources say  —  ‘Significant progress’ made on plans since Beijing's invitation to US leader for formal state visit, source says  —  China and the United States are in the “final stage” of negotiations for a state visit …

University of California students, professors and staff sue the Trump administration  —  The Trump administration is using civil rights laws to wage a campaign against the University of California in an attempt to curtail academic freedom and undermine free speech, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday …

Inside Stephen A. Smith's near-$40M-a-year bonanza as he launches into political prime time  —  Stephen A. Smith is already probably the most influential sports commentator in the media game.  His salary proves it, as he is pushing $40 million a year in earnings, sources briefed on his contracts told The Athletic.

China bans tech companies from buying Nvidia's AI chips  —  Beijing steps up efforts to boost semiconductor independence and compete with US  —  China's internet regulator has banned the country's biggest technology companies from buying Nvidia's artificial intelligence chips …

House votes to charge D.C. 14-year-olds as adults  —  Republicans in Congress are pursuing a wave of new laws aimed at D.C.'s criminal justice system.  —  House lawmakers voted Tuesday to allow 14-year-olds to be tried as adults for serious crimes and to treat young people more harshly …

Justice Department says it's suing Oregon and Maine as it seeks voter data in multiple states  —  The Justice Department said Tuesday that it has sued Oregon and Maine for failing to turn over their voter registration lists, marking the first lawsuits the department has brought against states …

After Kirk's Death, Some Conservatives Blame Higher Ed for Political Violence  —  The president and his allies are accusing the “radical left” of “terrorism,” blaming unnamed organizations.  Some conservatives are condemning universities.  —  In a Sunday interview on Meet the Press …

Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success  —  An Instant New York Times Bestseller  • A Washington Post Notable Book  • A Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year  —  “A first-rate financial thriller …

Dark days: The young Left increasingly embraces assassination culture  —  In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America.  Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture.

Anyone Who Blames ‘Both Sides’ After Charlie Kirk's Murder Is A Liar And Coward  —  Unity with people who hate us and want us dead is suicide.  —  “I'd like to see [the nation] heal.  But we're dealing with a radical left group of lunatics, and they don't play fair, and they never did,” President Donald Trump told NBC News.

Prosecutors already have dropped nearly a dozen cases from Trump's DC crime surge, judge says  —  More than 50 people have faced federal charges in Washington, D.C., since President Donald Trump's emergency law-and-order surge began last month.  Already, prosecutors have dropped at least 11 of those cases …

Sen. Ron Wyden: RFK Jr.'s narrative on children and chronic illness is ‘delusional’  —  In about 200 days in office, Kennedy has worsened kids' health  —  Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s  —  raised eyebrows across the nation, mostly because of his outlandish statements …

Search underway for man accused of “act of terror” at FBI Pittsburgh field office after car rams into entrance gate  —  A search is underway for a man accused of committing an “act of terror” by allegedly using his car to ram the entrance gate to the FBI's Pittsburgh Field office.